Crash of a Boeing B-17F-30-DL IIIA in Münster: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 4, 1945 at 1330 LT
Operator:
Registration:
9202
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ottawa – Prestwick – Warsaw
MSN:
8096
YOM:
1944
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a humanitarian flight from Ottawa to Warsaw, Poland, with an intermediate stop in Prestwick, carrying a load of pharmaceuticals consisting of penicillin. En route over Germany, crew encountered poor weather conditions with cloud layer till 1,000 feet. Captain decided to fly below the clouds when the aircraft hit a tree and crashed. All five occupants were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mg6e near Minsk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1942 at 1030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
KQ+CM
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Warsaw - Minsk
MSN:
3115
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane departed Warsaw on a flight to Minsk, carrying three passengers and four crew members. While approaching the destination, it crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all seven occupants.
Crew:
Fw Fritz Eisenlohr, pilot,
Fw Erwin Kemmler, radio operator,
Uffz Alfred Ernst, mechanic,
Obgfr Otto Wesse, air gunner.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra in Bucharest

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-BPL
Schedule:
Warsaw - Bucharest
MSN:
1493
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons while approaching Bucharest-Băneasa Airport. Occupant fate unknown. It seems the flight was unauthorized.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Warsaw

Date & Time: Sep 25, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G6+CZ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane was engaged in the invasion of Poland. While approaching the capital city, it was shot down by the Polish Flak and crashed. Occupant's fate remains unknown.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the Polish Flak.

Crash of a LWS-6 Żubr in Michałowice: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1936 at 1120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Warsaw - Warsaw
MSN:
01
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
This was the first prototype of the LWS-6 Żubr also known as PZL.30 Żubr from the Lublin Aircraft Factory (LWS – Lubelska Wytwórnia Samolotów). En route, the aircraft went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a wheat field located in Michałowice, 13 km southwest of Warsaw. All four occupants were killed.
Crew:
Jerzy Rzewnicki, pilot and engineer,
Jerzy Szrjer, technical-observer.
Passengers:
Lt Col Mihail Pantazi, officer of the Romanian Army,
Cpt Roman Popescu, officer of the Romanian Army.
Probable cause:
The accident was caused by the partial rupture of a wing in flight due to a structural weakness caused by a design flaw. Also, it appears that one of the engine failed in flight.

Crash of a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker into the Atlantic Ocean

Date & Time: Jun 4, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
NR7085
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
New York - Warsaw
MSN:
109
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The American and Polish Aviator Stanley Hausner (Stanisłas Hausner) was attempting the first solo and nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Warsaw, Poland. With 525 gallons of fuel and 25 gallons of oil on board, the aircraft departed Floyd Bennett Field in New York at 0946LT on June 3. A day later, while cruising over the North Atlantic Ocean, the pilot encountered technical problems with the fuel system. As the fuel was leaking, he was unable to continue the flight and decided to ditch the aircraft some 1,000 km west of the European coast. As he was not equipped with a radio, he could not send any distress call. A week later, on June 11, the crew of the Belgian ship named 'Circle Shell' spotted the aircraft floating with the pilot still alive and awaiting on a wing. The pilot was rescued and later repatriated to Europe while the aircraft sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Fuel system failure in flight.

Crash of a Breguet 19 in Warsaw: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
13
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Warsaw - Warsaw
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The pilot departed Warsaw on a local training mission. In flight, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a factory located in Kolejowa Street 67, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed and two people in the factory were seriously injured. They later died from their injuries.

Crash of a Breguet 19A.2 in Warsaw: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Warsaw - Warsaw
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight over Warsaw. The aircraft was too low and hit telephone wires before crashing onto several buildings located in the Kopinska Street, in the Ochota district, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forced and a post crash fire, as well as several buildings. Both pilots Pędzika and Jeżego were killed.
Probable cause:
The crew was flying at a too low altitude.

Crash of a Potez 25 in Warsaw

Date & Time: May 26, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
Boby I
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a long flight from Paris to Pekin with intermediate stops in Warsaw and Russia. During the takeoff roll in Warsaw, the aircraft's main gear hit a pothole in the ground. The gear broke and the aircraft came to rest upside down. While both crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. It appears that the pothole was caused by the recent heavy rain falls. It was 'repaired' few days before the accident but it seems that was insufficient.
Crew:
Captain Georges Pelletier-Doisy, pilot,
Henri Carol, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Poor condition runway.

Crash of a Blériot Spad 46 in Warsaw

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1924
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AEHU
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Prague - Warsaw
MSN:
3357.38
YOM:
1922
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on landing at Warsaw Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were injured.